Podenco Post

Category: Rehoming stories

  • Podenca Coco lands on her feet in Alhaurin

    Coco 4 Emma 250 sleeping 4 2012Introducing Coco, a podenca andaluz, who knew just the right people to pick forever!
    Emma tells the tale.

    ‘We first moved to Spain at the start of April 2011 and were staying at a villa near Alhaurin el Grande. The first day we arrived my partner Richard was looking in a river close to the villa, when a small head popped out of a hole, to his surprise it was a little puppy! I couldn’t believe it when he walked in with her, she was so cute. We asked around and was told she was abandoned and nobody wanted her (which unfortunately is supposed to be common), I was shocked how anyone could just dump such a sweet puppy!

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  • Podenco Sebas – from suffering in Spain to happy ever after in France

    Sebas 1 250Another podenco who suffered horrendous treatment at the hands of a Spanish hunter, and was lucky enough to find his forever home in France. Jacqui is another supporter of galgo and podenco rescue and rehoming. She tells the story of Sebas.

  • Calcetines, from Cadiz – winning prizes for podencos

    Calcetines Anne Phillips 190 4 2012Another little beauty flying the flag for podencos. Here’s what her Mom writes.

    ‘After reading the recent article about the Podenca winning prizes and as an owner of a rescued Podenca myself, I would also like to endorse the fact that they are a lovely breed.

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  • From Spanish hell in Mazarron to Scottish heaven

    Here is a lovely story about a podenco from the Mazarron camp, who has found his way into the heart and home of Jane Jones, of Scottish Greyhound Rescue. She says he charms everyone who meets him, and is doing really well at his dog training classes. Good Luck Gizmo! Fly the podi flag!

  • Dumped on a Spanish street, podenco puppy now winning prizes

    Jazzy pup 1 250 Bev 4 3012This gorgeous little podenco puppy was thrown from a car onto the street. Luckily uninjured, she was rescued and is now in the safe hands of Bev Farmer, who is earning a well-deserved reputation for training podencos to prepare them for finding forever homes. Here’s the story of Jazzy so far.

    ‘Another post on Facebook, another Podenco dumped, this time thrown out of a car without any consideration what would happen to this puppy. At 7am Michelle heard a car racing off and a dog screaming. Her first thought was that a dog had been seriously hurt. She rushed out of her house to see a puppy on the street shaking in fear and covered in oil. Her front claws were ripped, a classic sign of having been dragged along by a car.

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  • UK alert – the Bullas Babes are arriving –

    Bullas podencos 250 off to UK 4 20124 of the Bullas Babes, podencos rescued in the Orhuela, Bullas, project, have now arrived in the UK. Terri and Star, Molly and Ella have all been adopted and are now with their forever families. We wish them well in their new life, flying the flag for the podencos and alerting people to the cruelty perpetrated against these fabulous hounds. Thanks to Little Pod Foundation in Murcia and SOS Animals UK. Well done to all.

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  • Podenco Andaluz, abandoned and injured – SOS Animals to the rescue

    Lara 250 SOS Animals 2010This is Lara, a little Podenco Andaluz found abandoned and ill. She was rescued by an English couple who contacted SOS Animals. She’s now recovered and living happily in her forever home in the UK. Read her story here. SOS animals (UK) and Spain are a charity and rely solely on fundraising and donations. Please help them help more dogs like Lara and Chaplin.

  • From Seville to England – Podenco Campanero Chaplin finds paradise

    Chaplin 1In October 2011 I received an appeal from Macu in Seville. She works hard to rescue mainly podencos from a gypsy enclave. One of the podencos was a big hair boy which she called Chaplin, a Podenco Campanero, the type used for hunting boar. I posted an appeal for someone to take Chaplin into their hearts and he was spotted by a PP reader, Norma, in Scotland. She is a volunteer with SOS Animals and had enlisted their agreement to Chaplin being taken under their wing.

    Macu doesn’t speak English so initially Norma and I had a problem communicating with Macu, whereupon I enlisted the help of my friend Marisa, who acted as translator and mediator. A foster home was found for Chaplin and SOS Animals and Macu began the pocess of preparing him for entry into the UK. In February 2012 he travelled from Spain to the UK with Ruso, another podenco from Macu.

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  • Podencos as Pets – Tilly Tealeaf tells a tail or two!

    Tilly Tealeaf 250 Bev FarmerHere’s a delightful piece by Bev Farmer, about her Podenca Tilly.

    Tilly Tea-Leaf syndrome ( Liberatio bonorum suorum) is a condition commonly known as the liberation of personal possessions. It was first officially named in 2003 after a Podenco called Tilly. This condition has been reported worldwide and effects all breeds of dogs, some more than others

    Symptoms: The stealing of various items and running around the garden showing them off to everyone. In particular shoes, underwear, tea towels, cushions and in extreme cases mobile phones, TV controls and at times destruction of such items.

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  • Happy rehomings for some lucky podencos

    Thank you to the Little Pod Fondation and Animal Welfare Support Murcia for organising to collect the little Seville podenca puppy and find her a forever home. Iggy Podenco is being adopted by an English couple also in Murcia (thanks to AWSM) and an English family have applied and are currently being approved to adopt Bella. And Luna is the one-eyed podenca with Galgos del Sol, who flew to the US with a galgo companion on 11/1/2012.

    But there are dozens more needing your support and help, and the volunteers and associations are very grateful for whatever you can do, whether it is donations, fostering, adopting.